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->'''Robb Stark:''' Stannis Baratheon sent ravens to all the high lords of Westeros. King Joffrey Baratheon is neither a true king, nor a true Baratheon. He's your bastard son.\\'''Jaime Lannister:''' Well, if that's true, then Stannis is the rightful king. How convenient for him.

The ruling house of Westeros after Robert Baratheon passes away. Nominally a branch of [[Characters/GameOfThroneshouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm's End]], its members are in fact the biological (bastard) children of Cersei and Jaime Lannister. The [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannister Lannisters of Casterly Rock]] are also the true power behind the Baratheons of King's Landing.

[[folder:In General]]* BookEnds: [[spoiler: They die in the same order as their births.]]* EverybodysDeadDave: Thanks to their family's habit of making political enemies, [[spoiler: all three (supposed) offspring of Robert Baratheon and Cersei Lannister are dead. Joffrey was poisoned for being a madman and a threat to the Tyrells, Myrcelle was poisoned due to a potentially avoidable rivalry with Dorne thanks to Tywin Lannister allowing Gregor Clegane to kill Elia Martell years earlier ([[CycleOfRevenge along with her brother's death when the two clashed]]), and Tommen committed suicide when his mother murdered all of her political adversaries (including his wife) with a massive explosion that killed hundreds (if not more) of his subjects. Ultimately, Lannister pettiness was their downfall, and only Joffrey could be said to have invited the fate brought upon him.]]* FreudianTrio:** Joffrey, an AxCrazy [[TheCaligula ruler]] who does everything that he wants, mostly ForTheEvulz (Id).** Myrcella, [[WomenAreWiser the most grounded of the siblings]] (Ego).** Tommen, a genuinely good person who wants to rule justly, but a very WeakWilled PuppetKing (Superego).* HairColorSpoiler: Them not being [[TallDarkAndHandsome dark]] [[RavenHairIvorySkin haired]] like their father or his relatives is a telling sign that they're Baratheons InNameOnly.* InNameOnly: In-universe, despite being Baratheons by name, they are Lannisters by blood. Technically speaking, children born of incest have no ''proper'' surname and have no right to one unless legitimized by a king, and the Baratheons of King's Landing are unlikely to ever receive one -- as bastards from the Crownlands they would normally use Waters, but they'd have to be acknowledged by their father for that, and that would mean admission that they have no actual rightful claim to the throne. The fiction of them being anything other Lannister puppets ends [[spoiler:when Cersei takes the throne as Queen becoming the first Lannister monarch]].* MixedAncestry: Subverted, as Jon Arryn and Ned Stark get to discover. Officially, Joffrey identifies himself as "Joffrey of the Houses Baratheon and Lannister, First of His Name" and his personal coat of arms is the Baratheon stag and the Lannister lion together as equals, seemingly, because the lion's tail hovers invasively over the stag's head.* OpenSecret: Stannis Baratheon "outs" their secret when he receives Ned's missive and it quickly catches WordOfMouth with the commonfolk at King's Landing and different parts of the kingdom. Olenna Tyrell, who's marrying her grand-daughter to the Crown, points to Tywin Lannister that the evidence is very convincing. As Season 4 rolls, it is the worst kept secret of Westeros that is only tolerated for political necessity and convenience, with everyone making snarky comments about it and the rumor having spread all the way across the Narrow Sea to Essos. Even when [[spoiler:Cersei herself]] tells Tywin outright that it's true, he refuses to believe it -- suggested to be because he point blank ''does not want to'', and because admitting it to himself would mean that both his legacy and the Lannister blood claim to the throne are a lie.* RoyallyScrewedUp: Thankfully limited to Joffrey, whose complete personal monstrosity is far worse than the Lannisters', while both Tommen and Myrcella are good kids.* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tywin Lannister, probably the most powerful (and certainly the richest) person in Westeros, backs the Baratheons of King's Landing to the hilt, allowing them to pretty much do whatever they want, no matter the obstacles. Unfortunately, this has also extended to the borrowing of money, leading to the Baratheons of King's Landing acquiring astronomical amounts of debt which they are largely unable to service.* SiblingYinYang: Joffrey and Tommen are both awful kings being extremely cruel (Joffrey) and extremely nice (Tommen). * TallDarkAndHandsome: Averted, and one of the main indications that House Baratheon of King's Landing has no true connection to House Baratheon of Storm's End, every single one of whose (male) members, going back hundreds of years, have been black haired.* TangledFamilyTree: The siblings are also cousins. Joffrey and Tommen were also even married to the same woman.[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Joffrey Baratheon]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baratheon_joffrey_2675.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"[[TheCaligula The king can do as he likes!]]"'']]->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackGleeson

->''"We've had vicious kings, and we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king!"''-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister'''

The elder son of King Robert and Queen Cersei. Officially, at least. King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm after the death of Robert Baratheon. Jaime Lannister, the queen's own twin brother, is his biological father, and that of his siblings.----* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: '''Nobody''' likes him. Even his own family members are no exception, except maybe Cersei; and even ''she'' wouldn't mind him being subjected to some of his grandfather's 'discipline' by this point. Same goes for the audience.** Jaime {{Lampshades}} this in Season 4, noting that Joffrey is widely unpopular, and everyone in the city and Westeros wants him dead.* AdaptationalVillainy: Not that he's not a psycho in the books, but the TV series makes him ''worse''. In the television series, Joffrey is the one who orders both the massacre of Robert's bastards and the assassination attempt on Tyrion during the battle of the Blackwater. He also treats Cersei horribly, has Ros beat another prostitute, and flat-out ''murders'' Ros by hogtying her to a bedpost and riddling her with crossbow bolts because he simply wanted to explore what it feels like to murder someone yourself.* AdaptationalWimp: Surprisingly, Joffrey was not as much a BoisterousWeakling in the books--he's still a coward, but he's said to be tall and strong for his age, even taller than both Jon and Robb who are 3 years older. And when the King visits Winterfell, he spars equally with Robb despite the age difference. He also volunteers to fight during the Battle of Blackwater, and actually contributes to the battle. He only leaves the battle when forced to by Cersei, and still expresses desire to command the crossbowmen.* AgeLift: 12 in the books, mid-to-late teens in the show. This is something of a case of PragmaticAdaptation, as there is a clear limit as to how far you can push it when your actor is [[DawsonCasting 20 years old]].* {{Asexuality}}: For a show that oozes sex and sexual politics like ''Game Of Thrones'', Joffrey is a markedly asexual character:** He has a peculiar habit of steering conversations about sex away from the topic, usually parlaying them into conversations about violence.** His casual conversation to Sansa about getting her pregnant once she's "had [her] blood" (i.e. begins menstruating), which obviously requires sex, glosses over the act itself, and gives no indication of whether Joffrey would enjoy the act itself. Sansa, of course, is noted to be beautiful even in the book series, and nearly every male that comes in contact with her finds her very attractive.** When Margaery tries to discern his turn-ons, she gets nowhere talking about sex outright. His [[{{Sadist}} only pleasures come from either witnessing or inflicting suffering on others]], but they're clearly not sexual pleasures.** Him watching Ros torture Daisy with that stag head mace plays more like a sports fan watching his favourite team repeatedly score on the opposition as opposed to a sadomasochistic voyeur getting turned on by the violence. Similarly, we have no indication that he had sex with Ros before killing her, instead he seems to have simply forced her to strip before shooting her repeatedly with a crossbow.** His threat to invoke [[DroitDuSeigneur the Lord's Right]] on Sansa seems to be more for the sake of humiliating Tyrion and causing her physical and emotional pain than any actual desire for her.* AssholeVictim: Unsurprisingly, thanks to his penchant for tormenting people on a whim:** After the initial shock of his timely departure, Cersei's the only one who mourns him.** Jaime has no problem having sex with Cersei right beside his corpse.** Tyrion, accused of his murder, states that he didn't kill Joffrey, but he doesn't deny that he wish he had and the world is better off without him anyway.** Olenna Tyrell reminds Margaery, who feels bad about the way Joffrey died, that she would feel far worse had he had lived and they remained married, and that there was no way she would let such a harm be visited on Margaery.** Margaery, for the most part, is not shaken up by the fact that he died, so much as that he died so horrifically and pitiably.** His own grandfather and Hand of the King, Tywin, doesn't even ''pretend'' to feel sorry for Joffrey's passing and tells Tommen, Joffrey's younger brother and successor, the sum total of his legacy with Joffrey's corpse between them:--->'''Tywin:''' Your brother was not a wise king. Your brother was not a good king. If he had been, perhaps he would still be alive.** Tommen shows little emotion over his brother's death, showing more interest in Tywin's lecture on how to be a good king than paying any more respect to his brother. [[labelnote:From the Books]]Joffrey constantly tormented Tommen as a child. Though he was relieved that the torment has finally ended in the wake of Joffrey's assassination, he was still horrified by his gruesome death, and still affectionately refers to him as 'Joffy'. [[/labelnote]]** As such, the list of suspects for his murder is more or less "anyone ''other than Cersei who had the opportunity''" since pretty much everyone in Westeros had a motive. Olenna Tyrell and Littlefinger are the ones WhoMurderedTheAsshole, and they admit to their confidants that they killed Joffrey specifically because he was an asshole. If he had been nicer and smarter, he'd still be alive.* AuthorityInNameOnly: He may have his arse plonked firmly on the Iron Throne, but it's obvious to everyone that [[DragonInChief Tywin]] is the sole reason he continues to keep it.* AxCrazy: In one of his first scenes without the supervision of another Lannister, the sweet prince [[GlasgowGrin begins to cut]] Mycah with his sword and threatens to gut Arya before Nymeria intervenes. He proceeds to get much, ''much'' worse.* BadBadActing: During the ceremony in which he dismisses Sansa and takes Margaery as his betrothed, it is clear he's putting on a show for the court. He even turns to his mother in anticipation for her line before she starts speaking.* BaitTheDog: In "The Kingsroad", he seems to act decently enough in front of Sansa. Then he gets to bullying the butcher's son...* BastardBastard: It's revealed that he's not Robert's son, but the product of Jaime and Cersei's incest. In the second season, he learns of it through Stannis' pronouncement and asks his mother about the terrible rumor he's heard about her and "Uncle Jaime". Though he outwardly denies it he might believe it deep down, given that he orders the murder of Robert's illegitimate children as a form of insurance.* BelievingTheirOwnLies: He thinks of himself as TheHero who single handedly protected King's Landing from EvilOverlord Stannis Baratheon and triumphed over the Starks. The competence displayed by his Grandfather Tywin and Uncle Tyrion don't figure in this vision at all, let alone the fact that he was a DirtyCoward whose AxCrazy nature started the war in the first place.* BerserkButton: He hates having his authority challenged, and will often punish someone cruelly if they do so. When someone beyond his power to punish undermines his authority, however, it typically results in a temper tantrum.* BigBadWannabe:** Despite being an undeniably monstrous character, Joffrey is only a threat because his title allows him to make frequent [[StupidEvil stupid and sadistic decisions]] without fear of repercussion. It's clear that if not for the cunning machinations of his uncle, [[GuileHero Tyrion]], and grandfather, [[DragonInChief Tywin]], Joffrey would have ended up a head on a pike a long time ago.** He later expresses the belief that he was the sole individual responsible for ending the War of the Five Kings, despite Stannis still being alive to return to fight another day, the on-going Greyjoy Rebellion, as well as the Riverlands and the entire North still not being under any semblance of control.---> '''Joffrey''': They know ''I'' won the war!\\'''Jaime''': The war's ''not'' won. Not while Stannis lives.\\'''Joffrey:''' I ''broke'' Stannis at the Blackwater!* BigBrotherBully: He tormented Tommen by threatening to have his cat Ser Pounce skinned and the meat then served to him in his food.* BitchInSheepsClothing: Briefly pretends to be a decent guy in front of Sansa. He puts up the same charade for Margaery.* BloodFromEveryOrifice: The sure visual sign, after his poisoning, that he's completely and utterly screwed.* BloodLust: Not only does he love to see people get killed or maimed like his counterpart in the books, but it's taken further as being a sexual fetish for him, seeing as how he enjoyed one whore beating another and later putting arrows in said whore.* BoisterousWeakling: He tries to live up to Robert's standards of jovial badassery, but his [[RoyallyScrewedUp disastrous upbringing]] turned him into an arrogant, sadistic coward.* TheBully: Joffrey takes immense pleasure in using his power and status to inflict pain on others.* TheCaligula: Quickly shapes up into this after taking the throne and even bears some resemblance to [[UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}} the real one]]. Joffrey just seems to want to inflict pain and death. One of his lines from the Season 3 finale is rather telling:-->'''Joffrey:''' ''Everyone'' is mine to torment!* CharacterDevelopment: ** In a rather horrible way: Joffrey quickly develops from a bullying wimp that nobody has much nice to say about to a [[TheCaligula Caligula-esque]] [[InsaneEqualsViolent psychotic]] [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating whom]] ''[[ZeroPercentApprovalRating everybody]]'' [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating hates]] after he obtains the Iron Throne -- to the point that he's compared to another famous monster in Westerosi history (Aerys II) ''unfavourably''; see Tyrion's "vicious idiot king" line.** By Season 4, Joffrey's learned a bit more about being a VillainWithGoodPublicity and using {{Stealth Insult}}s instead, largely thanks to the influence of Margaery.* TheConspiracy: Is killed by a conspiracy between Olenna Tyrell, Petyr Baelish, Ser Dontos Hollard and (unintentionally) Sansa Stark at his own wedding.* CrownOfHorns: His crown has stylized stag antlers.* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Assassinated by a fittingly brutal poison. Being left choking on your own vomit and seizing up at your own ''wedding celebration'' is a pretty bad way to go.* DeadlyNosebleed: Happens during his final minutes, clearly indicating that the poison has claimed his life.* DeathByIrony: Joffrey ends up dying much in the same way as Robb Stark, the man whose death he so thoroughly mocked. Killed by treachery at a wedding whilst his mother is forced to watch as he dies a painful death. For additional irony, "The Rains of Castamere" is being played shortly before his death.* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Dies with both his biological parents at his side.* DirtyCoward: He acts tough, particularly when he is certain of being in a position of authority, but when Arya points a sword at him he cries like a baby. There's also the scene when Tyrion bitch-slaps him, repeatedly, for his mocking refusal to at least pay lip service to the Starks. Then in the second season, not only does he not do anything when Tyrion outright calls him a "vicious idiot king", but Tyrion gets away with slapping him ''again'' and mockingly asks if his hand had fallen from his wrist. He panics very quickly during the Battle of the Blackwater and runs off when he hears that his mother has called for him, his voice visibly cracking as he does so.* DiscOneFinalBoss: Was a main villain for 3 seasons, but dies early in the 4th season.* DisproportionateRetribution: To quote Tyrion Lannister...-->'''Tyrion:''' They threw a ''cow pie'' at you, so you decide to ''[[KillEmAll kill them all]]''!* DracoInLeatherPants: Sansa ignores most of his faults because she is love with him in Season 1. She wakes up to what sort of person he is once he has her father executed. [[invoked]]* DroitDuSeigneur: During "Second Sons" he essentially threatens Sansa with this, saying that it doesn't matter which Lannister puts a baby in her.* DumbassHasAPoint: Despite repeatedly demonstrating himself to be a [[TooDumbToLive suicidally stupid]] PsychopathicManchild, he tends to have one millisecond of utter clarity per season [[spoiler:until he died]], played for DramaticIrony. Of course, this is not helped by Joffrey's inclination towards ridiculing, humiliating, and dominating those around him, even to people where it's not wise to do so, especially his grandfather.** Season One: He points out how counter-productive a feudal system is towards maintaining a strong, centralised state and suggests forming a nationalised military loyal to the state itself. While a fair observation in itself (given that it's the reason half the country currently wants to kill him), his solutions towards implementing such a system are less well-thought out. ** Season Two: He points out that with the Greyjoys tearing at Robb Stark's flank, an attack by the Lannisters would wipe them out. He's right, but he's also forgetting the ''small'' fact that Stannis Baratheon is about to hit King's Landing very much the way a sledgehammer hits an egg.** Season Three: When consulting his grandfather [[MagnificentBastard Tywin]] in the throne room, Joffrey voices his concerns about Daenerys Targaryen and her three dragons. Three centuries before, Aegon Targaryen conquered Westeros with only three dragons. The repeatedly-demonstrated cunning Varys points out the Westerosi would have nowhere to hide if they are attacked by dragons. However, Tywin contemptuously brushes off his grandson's concerns by asserting that dragons have been extinct for centuries and even if Daenerys does have dragons, they are small curiosities on the far side of the world and no threat to Joffrey's rule. As is shown in the books, this is obviously not the case - Daenerys has in fact conquered ''every city in Essos she's visited.'' At the moment she commands not only her three dragons(less than three years old but the biggest already powerful enough to single-handedly roast men alive) and two highly-experienced fighters, but ''eight thousand fully trained and suicidally loyal soldiers.'' When Tywin gets around to updating his knowledge of her, he agrees that Daenerys is an incredible threat. [[spoiler:Of course, Joffrey isn't around to bask in it]].* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He is baffled when Margaery stops to donate some toys and spend time with the children in an orphanage of [[WretchedHive Flea Bottom]]. During dinner, we hear Joffrey speak of her work (in a positive light, mind you) as if charity were some strange and obscure, but totally alien concept. When Jack Gleeson was asked in an interview what sort of thing Joffrey would ''never'' do, he has to think hard before responding with "charity work" instead of something vile.-->'''Joffrey:''' Well as Ser Loras said, Lady Margaery has done this sort of, uh... ''charitable'' work before.* EvilCounterpart:** To Robert's actual (but illegitimate) son, Gendry.** Very subtle, but he serves as one to Daenerys as well. Aside from having their own reasons for being claimants to the throne, both are from houses hailed for their [[TheBeautifulElite good looks]], are [[BrotherSisterIncest products of inbreeding]], and have very visible [[BloodKnight blood lust]].** Ultimately, he shares the most in common with [[ShadowArchetype Robb Stark.]] They both rise to power at the exact same time after the deaths of their father. While Robb [[TheChessmaster has a mind for combat]] and fights on the front lines with his men, Joffrey is a DirtyCoward who relies on others to do his work for him. [[spoiler: They ultimately both have the same FatalFlaw of developing political enemies which results in the two having similar deaths.]]*** It's even evident in the way they dress: Robb is ModestRoyalty and rarely seen out of his utilitarian plate armor or [[GrimUpNorth cold-weather furs]]; Joff is pretty much TheDandy.* EvilGloating: Doubles as EvilIsHammy.-->'''Joffrey:''' If we want Robb Stark to hear us, we'll have to '''''SPEAK LOUDER!'''''* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumour: It's most prevalent at his wedding. Joffrey has an immature, deeply sadistic sense of what's funny. To Joffrey, the more someone is hurt and humiliated, the funnier it is.* EvilIsPetty:** He mocks Tommen for crying while Myrcella is sent to Dorne, then at Tyrion's wedding he takes away his uncle's stool so that Tyrion has to ask Sansa to kneel for the fastening of the bridal cloak, causing the guests to laugh at Tyrion.** In Season 4, he finds time to humiliate his "uncle" Jaime, gloating over his poor record as a Knight of the Kingsguard compared to heroes like Ser Duncan the Tall and Ser Arthur Dayne, and the fact that he sat out of the war as a captive and returned as a cripple.** Reaches a new low in "The Lion and the Rose": He's already '''won''' his damned war but still puts on a disgustingly offensive show mocking the deceased Renly and Robb, the latter's sister being in attendance, and in the process of demeaning the former he mocks his brother-in-law ''who is in attendance as well''. He also takes every opportunity to humiliate Tyrion (the guy who helped save his ass in "Blackwater").* EvilMakeover: He renovates the throne room in a sinister way in Season 2 once he consolidates his power, having it renovated to feature SpikesOfVillainy and flaming braziers.* EvilNephew: He plotted the assassination attempt on Tyrion at the Battle of Blackwater; Ser Mandon Moore carried out his order but failed. Joffrey continually goes out of his way to humiliate and bully his Uncle... Ironically, Tyrion is looked upon as the evil one.* TheEvilPrince: Amazingly subverted: He's a prince, he's evil, but he legitimately has nothing to do with his predecessor's death. In fact, Joffrey's sitting obviously distraught next to Robert's deathbed, who he considers his real father, is the character's one starkly single good act done in the show so far.* FauxAffablyEvil: In the first season, he at least makes an effort to appear a charming noble, but once the crown is on he doesn't care to pretend anymore. When he does start to pretend, it's an indication he's about to do something horrible. For instance, when speaking politely to Ser Dontos, he tells him to have as much wine as he likes -- because he plans to drown him in it.* {{Foil}}:** To Gendry. Gendry's poor, hardworking, clever, brave, kind, and Robert's son. Joffrey's ''none'' of these things.** To Stannis and Robb. Both of them lead their armies from the frontlines, Joffrey, for all his bravado, doesn't. [[LawfulGood Robb Stark]] and [[ChaoticEvil Joffrey's]] foil nature goes deeper. One is a King chosen by his own people with legitimate claim to his lands and titles, the other is a King with no legitimate claim to his position who was essentially forced upon the people by the machinations of the players of the game of thrones, and each have opposing approaches to leadership, Robb considering everyone as being like his children who he has to protect, and Joffrey believing that being King means that everyone is his plaything to torment. Their relationships with Catelyn and Cersei respectively can also be compared and contrasted, especially as both Kings pursue relationships with women against the advice of their mothers, and these decisions both ultimately lead to Robb and Joffrey each meeting their sudden and shocking demise by being murdered at a wedding.*** Further still: Robb is [[HundredPercentAdorationRating loved and respected by the North]] at the beginning of the war (though dissent breaks out later) while Joffrey is [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating universally hated.]] [[spoiler: Their respective betrayals (by houses known to be dangerously Machiavellian)]] come as a moment of epic ''[[KickTheSonOfABitch schadenfreude]]'' in the latter case and a horrific MoralEventHorizon for the former.** To all the Stark children, who are taught WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. All Joffrey knows is that [[AppealToForce Might Equals Right]].%%** Also Daenerys.* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: He's very fond of this gesture, most likely because his lack of wits doesn't allow him to express himself otherwise.* HairTriggerTemper: Reacts with insane fury whenever someone "beneath" him acts in a way he sees as out of line, be it the Starks not acting like cowed serfs towards him, a peasant throwing manure at him, his mother furiously slapping him when he mocks her for Robert's infidelity, or most awesomely his uncle publicly promising to cut off his genitalia if he does not stop tormenting him and Sansa. However, since he is the epitome of DirtyCoward, he takes any insult from those with the power and spine to ''truly'' hurt him by weeping, whimpering and either begging for mercy or shutting the hell up immediately.* HateSink: ''So'' many other tropes in his character section here attribute to it. Joffrey is such a despicable character that George R.R. Martin congratulated Jack Gleeson on a job well done.* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: A rather strange example of this. Despite his overall [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]] and [[{{Asexuality}} lack of interest in romance]], Joffrey frequently makes vocal displays of how he plans to consummate his marriage with Sansa.* HeManWomanHater: He has shades of this. He genuinely doesn't seem to like ''any'' girls (or anyone, for that matter). He resents his ArrangedMarriage to Sansa in the first season, abuses her and a pair of prostitutes in the second, and when pushed even Cersei, the only woman he seems to have any respect for, is not above his threats and insults. Scarily, the ''only'' time he does seem to show genuine interest in a woman is when Margaery is expressing interest in killing things.--> '''Joffrey:''' [the Starks] put too much value in their women.* HiddenDepths: Despite his absolutely disgusting behavior and actions; Joffrey has some qualities that are hard to notice. When he talks with Margaery Tyrell he can recite facts about many members of the Targaeryn Dynasty without so much as skipping a beat, likewise he shows an interest in the acts of many famed Kingsguard Knights and can easily recite information from a name by reading it alone. Tyrion for his credit notices Joffrey's love of history and gifts him a book of many great kings of the older ages. * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: When Joffrey says something stupid and Tyrion is around, odds are good that bitch slaps will ensue. The humor comes from the fact that he deserves it, and that a dwarf that he towers over is the one slapping him. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxLOXUGmRKI Observe the Kingslapper at work.]]* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He appoints his grandfather Tywin to the position of Hand of the King, apparently without realizing that Tywin Lannister is not ''the'' sort of man who will put up with Joffrey's StupidEvil antics. Joffrey also seems to enjoy Littlefinger, seemingly unaware that Littlefinger is not a man to be enjoyed or remotely trusted (this is a global mistake, in all fairness). He is also, unlike his mother, completely unaware that Margaery is playing him like a fiddle.* {{Hypocrite}}: Responds with scorn when Tommen cries while Myrcella is being sent away, while conveniently forgetting that he was on the verge of tears when King Robert was on his deathbed, and that Arya and Nymeria forced him to tears when the former kicked his ass and the latter bit his arm.* ICallHerVera: His sword ''Hearteater''. He boasts that once Stannis attacks King's Landing, he'll cut him a smile with it and even forces Sansa to kiss the blade for luck. Naturally, it never gets drawn during the battle. He later names his Valyrian sword 'Widow's Wail'. [[labelnote:From the books...]]In the books, Joffrey giving his swords ridiculously grandiose names is something of a running gag, and the one Arya threw in the river was called Lion's Tooth.[[/labelnote]]* IJustWantToBeLoved: Jack Gleeson mentions in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Inside HBO's Game of Thrones]]'' that deep down, Joffrey wants [[WellDoneSonGuy his father's acknowledgment]] and [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the peoples' love]]. But obviously, between his [[{{Sadist}} wanton sadism]], [[EntitledBastard entitlement]] [[RoyalBrat issues]], [[MommasBoy his mother's rearing]], [[TheHedonist his father's]] [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem less-than-stellar example as King]], and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the little fact that everyone hates him]], [[RoyallyScrewedUp his chances of ever getting his wish are somewhat slim]].* IncurableCoughOfDeath: The first telling sign that he was poisoned.* ItsAllAboutMe: Joffrey doesn't think very far beyond his own immediate pleasure.* {{Jerkass}}: One of his most defining characteristics. Joffrey's cruelty, sadism and delightful glee in it all make him one of the most despicable characters in the setting. Perhaps his most jerkassy moment is at his own wedding, which he uses as a platform to humiliate Tyrion, treat everyone with disdain and put on a show that mocks his defeated foes while relatives of said foes are in bloody attendance. Loras Tyrell (his new brother-in-law) has to leave out of pure fury, Tyrion and Sansa try to, and Olenna Tyrell (the matriarch of his most powerful allies) isn't remotely pleased.* JerkassHasAPoint:** He mocks Jaime's lack of accomplishments and says that it's unlikely that a 40-year old knight that just lost his sword hand will achieve much. KickTheDog for sure, but also great point. He also mentions at one point that the prospect of a foreign army, led by a member of the previous ruling dynasty and ''packing three fully-grown dragons as weapons'' could be [[{{Understatement}} a bit problematic]] if it reaches Westerosi shores.** He also rightfully accuses Tywin of being a coward during Robert's rebellion, who only joined the war effort when it was all but decided.* KarmicDeath: It would be little exaggeration to label Joffrey's death -- suffocating painfully on his own blood and vomit -- as quite possibly, and quite fittingly, the most brutal death in the entire show [[spoiler:up until Oberyn's death at the hands of Gregor Clegane]], which says a ''lot''. Further, in a fantastic twist of cosmic irony, he dies in the exact same manner as Robb Stark: brutally betrayed and butchered at a wedding while his mother is forced to watch.** His death drips with irony. As Joffrey's openly misogynistic behavior and distaste for "the wailing of women" is, he dies listening to his mother's cries as he slowly suffocates thanks to [[spoiler: Olenna Tyrell, a woman]]. Despite thinking "everyone is mine to torture," his treatment of his favorite ChewToy Sansa directly leads to the motive of his assassination.* KickTheDog: Practically everything he does. Invoked by Tyrion in "Mhysa";-->'''Tyrion''': Killed a few puppies today?* LargeHam: Whenever he speaks in public he shows his insanity and leaves bite marks in the scenery.* MadnessMantra:** The moment something doesn't go his way, he immediately starts screaming for executions.---> '''Joffrey''': Kill them! KILL THEM ALL!** It is [[{{Irony}} remarkably similar]] to [[TheCaligula Aerys II's]] own MadnessMantra: "Burn them all." Tyrion lampshades it as well, noting how incest has created ''another'' Aerys.* MilesGloriosus: In "Blackwater", he vows to give Stannis "A red smile". When it actually comes to fighting, he hides with his mother, leaving the defence to his uncle Tyrion.* TheMillstone: PlayedForDrama. Joffrey is so utterly incompetent at anything that doesn't involve tormenting people, and so utterly devoted to the latter, that he never really sees the big political picture and ultimately creates problem after problem for the Lannisters who in Cersei and Tywin were trying to rule through him. This is one of the reasons why Tywin has no issue with Margaery trying to manipulate him, at least in the beginning, because then at least ''somebody'' is keeping him on a leash.* MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat: Installs a statue of himself holding a crossbow over a direwolf signifying his triumph over the Starks... and then there was his dwarf reenactment of the War of the Five Kings.* NamedWeapons: Grants names to each sword unfortunate enough to fall into his hands, such as "Hearteater" and "Widow's Wail."* NightmareFetishist: He loves weaponry, has great knowledge of the Targaryens' bloody legacy, and his room is decorated with animal skins and skulls. He also appears enthralled at the sight of hundreds of men burning alive in the wildfire explosion, bringing to mind a previous king...* NonActionBigBad: He talks tough, but when the fight starts, he runs and hides.* NotSoDifferent: A few characters, particularly Tyrion, compare Joffrey to Aerys II aka the Mad King, for how bloodthirsty and insane Joffrey can be when he really gets riled up. It's also not unnoticed that Joffrey is a product of incest, and the Targaryens practiced incest to keep their bloodline pure but which made several of them prone to madness.* OddNameOut: The only one of his siblings who doesn't have an "M" in his given name.* OpenSecret: Thanks to Stannis Joffrey's bastardy is made public, though whether people believed it is another manner; all of the smarter members of the court -- Varys, Littlefinger and Pycelle -- besides Tywin had already known but kept it to themselves for their own plots and benefit.* OrcusOnHisThrone: While Tywin and his bannermen are out fighting the war in Seasons 2/3 and Tyrion and Cersei are scheming for power in King's Landing, Joffrey does nothing except abuse peasants and engage in emotional abuse of Sansa. Justified because:## He's certainly not a warrior, no matter how he may posture, is a terrible battlefield commander, and is too stupid to be a schemer like the rest of his family.## Leaving King's Landing ''would'' be political suicide, as it would be easy for another aspirant to the crown to take control of the region in his absence. As pointed out by Tywin, the only (other) reason Joffrey is considered more than a "claimant" to the Iron Throne is because he physically sits on it.* PetTheDog: For all his sadism and sociopathy, he seems to have some genuine love for Robert Baratheon, going as far as praising him over Tywin for winning the war against the Targaryens... even if said love for his supposed father is what may have fueled his psychopathy. He is still a Jerkass when he is saying that, but Robert's memory seems to be one of the few things he is willing to treat respectfully.* PhallicWeapon: His crossbow, made especially obvious in a Season 3 scene where he shows it off to his bride-to-be with much excitement.* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: ** In "Dark Wings, Dark Words", he's openly misogynistic, saying that smart women do as they're told. He also says that he's considering making homosexuality, which he views as a degeneration, a crime punishable by death. More to the viewers than the other characters though, since this is more DeliberateValuesDissonance than unheard moral values for the setting.** "The Lion and the Rose" has his re-enactment of the War of the Five Kings with dwarf entertainers. In addition to insulting several of his guests, his in-laws ''and'' his uncle at the same time, the quiet reaction from most of the crowd while Joffrey giggled like a madman, speaks volumes for how offensive ''they'' found the performance.* PrinceCharming: He intentionally puts on this act for Sansa. It lasts for about half an episode before his true colors are revealed.* PrinceCharmless: His actual personality, after he drops his thinly veiled, chivalrous facade. * ProperlyParanoid: Ironically the one time his anxiety, over Dany and her army, is actually right on the mark his otherwise-correct-about-him grandfather promptly dismisses him.* PsychopathicManchild: A man at 17 by Westerosi standards -- old enough to sit on the throne, at least, but he acts as if he's about six years old. Never more apparent than in "Mhysa" where, as Tyrion puts it, Tywin puts the King to bed without his supper and in response Joffrey can only shriek, "I'M NOT TIRED!"* PuppetKing: Played with a ''lot'': Cersei tried to make him into this only for his StupidEvil tendencies to result in him not listening to her and making poor decisions on his own. During their respective tentures as Hand of the King, Tyrion invests no effort to make Joffrey into this trope because he realizes the futility of it and just does things without Joffrey knowing, while Tywin does as he pleases because he can intimidate Joffrey into not interfering. In Season 3 however, Margaery endears herself to Joffrey by playing to his sadistic side and using ObfuscatingStupidity to keep him from realizing she's manipulating him. Cersei disapproves of it, but Tywin is amused by and lets it happen since at least finally ''someone'' is learning to control him.** Even in Season 1 King Robert and Littlefinger both try to set Joffrey up as a temporary puppet to Ned Stark, only for Ned's Honor to unravel their plans.* ThePurge: In Season 1, following Ned's arrest, all of his household is put to the sword. In Season 2, he orders the Goldcloaks to kill Robert's bastard children, including ''infants''. Even Cersei seems taken aback by this.* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He isn't depicted as actually indulging in this particular vice, but during Sansa's wedding he threatens to rape her ''to her face'', and if she resists his guards will hold her down while he does the deed. InvokedTrope, since he seems to bring this up purely for [[KickTheDog how evil it is]].* RedOniBlueOni: Serves as the violent, impulsive Red Oni to the calm and intellectual Tyrion, the cold and calculating Tywin, and the meek, soft-spoken Tommen.* RightForTheWrongReasons: Joff actually gets this about once a season.** In Season 1, he mentions that Westeros should have a standing, professional army loyal only to the crown, noting the feudal system of each lord having their own private army is barbaric. This is actually a rather progressive stance, but his way of going about it is completely impractical.** In Season 2, he deduces that after the Greyjoys take the North, it's the perfect time to strike against Robb Stark. Normally he'd be right, but he's completely overlooking the more pressing threat of Stannis bearing down on the capital. Here, the situation is similar; he's ignoring the more pressing threat of Robb Stark and cowering in fear over something that, from his perspective, is nothing more than a rumor half the world away. All of this is in stark contrast to Robert, who was firmly a case of JerkassHasAPoint in regards to the threat Dany posed.** In Season 3, he declares in "Mhysa" that "My father won the real war", referring to Robert killing Rhaegar. Robert, of course, is not actually his father, but he did win the war when he crushed the Targaryen forces at the trident and killed Rhaegar. Additionally, it it was his ''real'' father, Jaime, who actually ''ended'' the war when he assassinated Aerys.** In Season 3, Joffrey complains that Tywin is not sufficiently concerned that Daenerys Targaryen and her three dragons are the primary threat to Westeros. He isn't wrong, but it comes off as him simply finding the dragons more interesting than people.** Him being Cersei's first born even. He is Robert's heir, but he and Cersei actually had a first born who died shortly after birth. He is, however, Cersei's first born child to Jamie.* RoyalBrat: A trope-defining example. Imagine "the most noble child the Gods ever put on this good earth." King Joffrey is the polar opposite.* RuleOfSymbolism:** At the dinner table in "Valar Dohaeris", he and Cersei are positioned at the opposite ends, while the Tyrell siblings are seated next to each other. (To maintain symmetry, Margaery and Loras would normally have been placed across from each other.) Guess which family gets along harmoniously and which one is dysfunctional.** Joffrey hates flowers because he considers them to be effeminate, yet the new crown he has fashioned for his wedding features several entwined rose buds. This represents Margaery's strong influence on him.* {{Sadist}}: His only genuine source of joy seems to be hurting other people. He forgoes even sexual sadism in favor of more direct physical violence.* SadisticChoice: Very fond of giving these to people, such as making a bard who offended him choose between losing his tongue or his hands.* ShirtlessScene: He's given one in Season 3.* SiblingYinYang: As Tyrion points out, Joffrey is a vicious madman, while his younger siblings are perfectly sane, decent and normal.* SlouchOfVillainy: Tends to have very bad posture while on the Iron Throne (although its design doesn't help matters) [[labelnote: From the commentaries:]] The actor makes this position because the Iron Throne is VERY uncomfortable, and with all the time he spends on it, he found a way to sit in a way that made it more manageable.[[/labelnote]]* SmugSnake: To those he has power over, Joffrey is abusive, threatening, and shamelessly overconfident. However, the instant that someone actually stands up to him, he shows off the cringing coward he truly is.* SpannerInTheWorks: His impulsive decision to kill Ned in "Baelor" shatters both Cersei's and Varys' plans.* SpeakIllOfTheDead: ** Since he considers Renly to be a traitor, his "uncle" doesn't deserve any respect even after death. He has no qualms posthumously calling Renly a "degenerate" in "Dark Wings, Dark Words". Joffrey also calls Renly a "deviant" in front of Brienne and Margaery in "The Lion and the Rose". Later in the episode, the dwarf actor who plays "Renly" is derided as a "degenerate" by his "Joffrey" co-star.** The sweet prince is on the receiving end of the trope after his death. See AssholeVictim above.* StupidEvil: What makes Joffrey so dangerous to most everyone including himself is that he isn't just cruel, he's ''stupid'' and cruel. While the other Lannisters practice PragmaticVillainy, Joffrey engages in pointlessly evil acts just for the sake of being a bastard heedless of the consequences. The most blatant example of this is having Ned killed, making the North an enemy of the crown, when the ''smart'' thing to do (and what Cersei and others wanted) would have been to keep Ned alive and negotiate truce or alliance with the North since Robert's brothers are also marching against the Crownlands. He's compared ''negatively'' to the Mad King at a few points, and Tyrion all but invokes the trope by name with this splendid description in "The Old Gods and the New":-->'''Tyrion''': We've had vicious kings, and we've had idiot kings... but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king!* TheSociopath: In spades, to the point that the only way Sansa can to describe him is, "[[YouMonster He's a monster]]".* StylisticSuck: Everything he gets to create after his own imagination winds up like this. When he revamps the formerly beautiful throne room in season 2, it looks plundered rather than DarkerAndEdgier the way he intended. In "Two swords" we see a very tacky statue of him triumphing over a slain wolf. And finally there was that lowbrow dwarf jousting show at his wedding...* TakingYouWithMe: Heavily implied. Just as he is dying, he reaches his hand towards Tyrion, seemingly pointing him as the suspect. Of course, Tyrion's own blunt treatment of him (which is justified, but still) does not help his case.* TeensAreMonsters: One of the vilest character in the series, in no small part due to his age. Of course, given the CrapsackWorld of Westeros, other infamous contenders show up.* TearsOfBlood: After spending a good minute asphyxiating, Joffrey begins to bleed from the eyes before he finally expires.* TokenEvilTeammate: To his siblings Tommen and Myrcella, who ironically are the {{Token Good Teammate}}s of their family.* TyrantTakesTheHelm: He inherits the throne after Robert dies and quickly starts ruling in a despotic, sadistic way.* UnknownRival: Absolutely despised Robb Stark. While Robb in return [[YouKilledMyFather wants to kill Joffrey]] he considers [[TheManBehindTheMan Tywin]] to be his true threat. Fitting form, Joffrey considers Robb Stark's death his greatest victory even though he didn't play any role in it.* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His Caligua tendencies aside, his insistence on trying to embarrass Tyrion just before he died of poison provided the perfect excuse to blame Tyrion of the crime, since he quite literally put the poisoned goblet in Tyrion's hand. This in turn leads to the complete upheaval of local politics when his mother badly mishandles things and drives Tyrion into the employ of Daenerys, which the various houses of Westeros will no doubt regret when she makes her way back.* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Cersei in "Mhysa", Joffrey ''was'' a very happy baby when he was around her and showed no signs of his later sociopathic behavior until much later... but either she's leaving out the part in the books where he cut open a pregnant cat as a child or the incident was AdaptedOut.* VillainDecay: Starts off by becoming King and killing Ned and setting the War of Five Kings in motion, and for most of the first two seasons he leads a tyrannical reign of terror that starts to cause problems for even the people on his own side. By the time Season 3 hits however, he rapidly starts losing his credibility as a villain and is reduced to nothing more than a little braggart whose own mother barely takes him seriously anymore, because Lord Tywin, who wears no crown, has taken control of King's Landing and becomes the king in all but name. Doubly highlighted by the introduction of far more serious and threatening antagonists such as Roose Bolton and Ramsay Snow in Season 3.* WarriorPrince: He ''tries'' to be this and is very confident about it. [[SuicidalOverconfidence Despite being liberally slapped around by a man half his size on fairly regular basis.]] Everyone else in King's Landing, including his own mother, are rightfully pessimistic on that.--> '''Joffrey''': If my uncle attacks King's Landing I'll ride out to meet him!\\'''Tyrion''': I'm sure your men will line up behind you.\\'''Joffrey''': They say Stannis never smiles. I'll give him a ''red'' smile. [[GlasgowGrin From ear to ear]].\\'''Tyrion''': ''[as Joffrey leaves]'' Imagine Stannis' ''terror''.\\'''Varys''': I am trying.* WeaponOfChoice: [[NamedWeapons Named, ornate swords]] aside, Joffrey enjoys to menace stationary targets with a crossbow. * WimpFight:** His so called fight with Arya. As described by Robert: "You let a little girl disarm you?"** When Sansa makes a threatening comment, he takes a step backwards. He retreats after a comment, made by someone who acted like an obedient puppy throughout the season.* WellDoneSonGuy: A tragic and twisted example in that many of the atrocities he commits are actually done in a misguided attempt to gain his father's love and respect. Attempting to act tough and manly and instead actually being monstrous in trying to live up to what he believed to be Robert's standards.* WouldNotHitAGirl:** Subverted in a way. He doesn't do it himself, because that wouldn't be kingly. [[LoopholeAbuse So he has his bodyguard Ser Meryn do it for him]].** Fully averted at the end of "The Climb", where Joffrey is shown admiring his work after torturing and killing Ros by tying her up and shooting her many times with his crossbow.* WouldHurtAChild: While outwardly denying the rumours of his true parentage, Joffrey nonetheless takes preventative measures against any future claimants to the Iron Throne... by which we mean that he orders the Goldcloaks to murder all of Robert's bastards, slitting the throats of infants and drowning children, thus ensuring no-one can use one of these bastards to rally behind and attempt to seize the throne.* YankTheDogsChain: When Tyrion gives him a book as a wedding present, Joffrey has an outright shocking moment where he thanks Tyrion and speaks about a time for 'wisdom' after war. Just when you're thinking that Joffrey might actually have started to mature and become self-aware, he uses his new sword to slice the book in half.* YouMonster: Ser Loras casually describes Prince Joffrey as a monster in Season 1. Sansa calls Joffrey a monster, with great gravitas, when the Tyrells question his true character. [[CountryMatters Not that anyone who isn't Cersei has anything nicer to say about him]]. When ''Joffrey'' has the gall to label Tyrion "a little monster", his uncle casually [[ShameIfSomethingHappened snarks back]].-->'''Tyrion:''' Oh, "monster". Perhaps you should speak to me more softly then. Monsters are dangerous and, just now, [[ImpliedDeathThreat kings are dying like flies. ]]* YouNeedToGetLaid: Bronn persuades Tyrion to do this for him by sending two prostitutes to his chamber, hoping that it might reduce his frustrations a bit. Unfortunately, they did not factor in that Joffrey has no interest in sexual stimulation and would rather torture people, especially if it angers Tyrion.-->'''Bronn''': There's no cure for bein' a cunt. But the boy's at that age, he's got nothing to do save tear wings off flies. Couldn't hurt to get some of the poison out.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Princess Myrcella Baratheon]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2e97f41ae2a9abc0dea30915ba753728.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm glad that you are my father."'']][[caption-width-right:350:''[[labelnote:Click to see Myrcella as played by Aimee Richardson.'']]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Myrcrella_Baratheon_3907.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]->'''Played By''': Aimee Richardson (Seasons One and Two), Nell Tiger Free (Season Five-)

->''"Myrcella is a sweet, innocent girl and I don't blame her at all for you."''-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister''' (to Cersei)

Robert and Cersei's only daughter, the middle child. Jaime Lannister, the queen's own twin brother, is her biological father, and that of her siblings. In Season 2, she is PutOnABus to the southern kingdom of Dorne, betrothed to Trystane Martell, Prince Doran Martell's youngest son.----* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the books, she doesn't cry when she's shipped off to Dorne.* AgeLift: About two or three years older at the start of the series compared to the first book, and like [[PragmaticAdaptation everyone else]] it just goes on from there.* AscendedExtra: She finally becomes prominent in Season 5.* BackForTheDead: Returns in Season 5 after being PutOnABus for two whole seasons* BreakTheCutie: She's sent away from her whole family to Dorne for her own protection. A SubvertedTrope, as Oberyn tells Cersei that she's enjoying life in Dorne and is very happy, and Season 5 proves this.* CallingTheOldManOut: She gets one in Season Five when she points out Jaime doesn't know her at all, to which he has no rebuttal.* ChildrenAreInnocent: She's nice to Sansa and seems genuinely excited to see her and Joffrey get married.* DeadlyNosebleed: The first telling sign that she was poisoned.* DeathByAdaptation: She tragically dies after being poisoned by Ellaria via KissOfDeath. She is still alive in the books and definitely in no danger from the book's Sand Snakes and book Ellaria unlike the show's villainous versions. However book!Myrcella is still foretold to die as well.* DemotedToExtra: She wasn't exactly a large character in the book, but in the series she's only had a few speaking lines and been on screen a handful of scenes beyond that. Averted in Season 2, in which she gets a bit more time. She becomes a recurring character in Season 5.* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Heartbreakingly and like her older brother, Myrcella ends up getting poisoned and Jaime can only hold her and helplessly call her name as she succumbs to her death.* GenerationXerox: Looks strikingly like Cersei did when she was young, though thankfully lacks her mother's temperament. By coincidence, the actresses who portray Myrcella and a young Cersei share an uncommon first name.* GoingNative: She chews Jaime out when he comes to rescue her, declaring that she loves Trystane and Dorne is her home now.* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde-haired and big-hearted.* LastWords: "I'm glad that you are my father."* LickedByTheDog: One of the early signs that the audience received that Tyrion is more than a drunken whoremonger is how much Tommen and Myrcella adore him.* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter: Myrcella was sweet and kind, completely unlike her cruel, self-obsessed mother. Cersei talked about this after Myrcella's death.-->She was good. From her first breath, she was so sweet. I don't know where she came from. She was nothing like me. No meanness, no jealousy, just good.* KillTheCutie: Much like Shireen in the previous episode, Myrcella dies horribly after being poisoned by Ellaria.* NiceGirl: She loves her uncle Tyrion and "uncle" Jaime, as well as her brother.* OutnumberedSibling: She's the only female of her siblings.* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: To Trystane Martell, due to Tyrion's machinations. She's seen crying as she sails away, and Cersei is vehemently opposed to the idea, but Myrcella and Trystane actually do fall in love and cannot wait to get married.-->'''Jaime:''' You're lucky. Arranged marriages are rarely so... so well arranged.* PetTheDog: Proves that the Lannister family evil ''isn't'' genetic by asking about Bran's condition and being genuinely happy to hear that he will live.* PrincessClassic: A young, lovely and beautiful golden-haired princess in a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage to a handsome PrinceCharming.* PrincessesPreferPink: The first glimpse we see of her in Season 5, she's wearing a resplendent, diaphanous pink gown.* PutOnABus: Sent off to Dorne to meet her betrothed. She isn't seen again until Season 5, when there is a lot more focus on what is going on in Dorne.* StarCrossedLovers: With Trystane. He's a Martell, she's a Lannister (even if she does have a Baratheon name). Those two families tend to be at each other's throats; their entire arranged marriage was an attempt to heal the rivalry between the two houses, but that was before Oberyn died by the hands of the Mountain.* TokenGoodTeammate: Along with her youngest brother, Tommen.* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Acknowledged by Cersei herself who pointed out that Myrcella was kind, sweet and never had the awful qualities of her brother Joffrey. But because of her blood as a Lannister who happened in the firing range between an old house rivalry, it's sad to see her go like that.* TooHappyToLive: Everything seems to go well for Myrcella: she falls in love with the boy she's arranged to marry, she reveals to Jaime that she knew he's her real father and they have a sweet father-daughter bonding moment. She dies instantly after that.* WeUsedToBeFriends: Oberyn told Cersei that he last saw Myrcella playing with his daughters at the Water Gardens. It isn't clear if he means his younger daughters or the Sand Snakes of Season Five, but either case they aren't friends after Oberyn's death. This is a major change from the books where absolutely none of his daughters and no one in Dorne, aside from a nutcase knight, wanted to hurt Myrcella.* WomenAreWiser: She perfectly balances her siblings' most defining traits. She's assertive, but not to the point of being a cruel asshole like Joffrey. She's kind and passionate, but not to the point of being a pushover like Tommen. She's also the only shown to figure out her true parentage on her own.[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Tommen Baratheon]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c74194a10c5e624ab78cefdf70fb2174.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"Wisdom. Wisdom is what makes a good king."'']][[caption-width-right:350:''[[labelnote:Click to see Tommen as played by Callum Wharry.'']]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tommen_s2_9005.png[[/labelnote]]]]->'''Played By:''' Callum Wharry (Seasons 1 and 2), Dean-Charles Chapman (Season 4-6)

->'''Tywin Lannister:''' How do you know which choice is wise and which isn't? You've any experience of treasuries and granaries, or shipyards and soldiers?\\'''Tommen Baratheon:''' No.\\'''Tywin Lannister:''' No. Of course not. A wise king knows what he knows and what he doesn't. You're young. A wise young king listens to his counselors and heeds their advice until he comes of age. And the wisest kings continue to listen to them long afterwards.

Robert and Cersei's second son and youngest child. Crowned King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, although his mother retains the regency and the title "Protector of the Realm" has been granted to his grandfather, Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King. Jaime Lannister, the queen's own twin brother, is his biological father and that of his siblings.----

* AgeLift: Upon being recast, Tommen seems to have aged by three or four years (from age eight to nine in ''A Storm of Swords'' to apparently twelve on the show). This is probably to reduce the {{Squick}} associated with his relationship to his betrothed, the much older and very sexy Margaery (who herself was, somewhat ironically, also subject to an AgeLift, from 16-17 to mid-20's). If we go by the fact that he was 9 in the 1st Season (Tommen was 7 in the first book), and consider the greater timeframe covered by demand of PragmaticAdaptation (about a year per season), then that makes him 12 when Season 4 comes into play. Dean-Charles Chapman is a year or two older, true, but so are Sansa, Arya and Bran's respective actors.* AllLovingHero: In [[{{Foil}} complete contrast]] to his older brother Joffrey, Tommen wants to take the path of least bloodshed. Unfortunately, [[DeconstructedTrope this makes him indecisive]] when the High Sparrow kidnaps his wife and later his mother since he does not want any blood on his hands.* AmbiguousInnocence: He's ambivalent towards Joffrey's dwarf play and laughs along several times. The difference is that he just doesn't seem to realize just how much it hurts his uncle, and he starts to look more and more uncomfortable as the wedding wears on and Joffrey progresses to openly making Tyrion's life a living hell.* AnalogyBackfire: During the Battle of the Blackwater, Cersei tells him of a lion who was meant to be king, who was in a forest filled with evil things such as stags. Tommen's response is to point out that stags ''aren't'' evil creatures, they're ''good'' because they only eat grass.* ArrangedMarriage: He's betrothed to Margaery after Joffrey's death, and she quickly sneaks into his bedroom to suss him out before Cersei has the chance to alienate the relationship.* AscendedExtra: In Season 4.* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4.* ChildrenAreInnocent: In sharp contrast to his brother, Tommen comes off as a genuinely sweet kid, and is nice to Sansa. * CrownOfHorns: His crown of stylized stag antlers looks virtually identical to his brother's. It may even be Joffrey's, but modified to fit his head.* DemotedToExtra: Much like his sister in Seasons 1 and 2. Averted in "Blackwater", where he has a minor role, whereas in the book he's not even present in King's Landing.* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After two seasons of being a powerless king, Tommen is finally (and literally) pushed over the edge after witnessing Cersei causing the deaths of hundreds, including Margaery. This drives him to suicide.]]* DistractedByTheSexy: After Joffrey's murder, he's betrothed to Margaery Tyrell. She secretly visits his chambers late at night for a quick getting-to-know-you chat. Margaery, of course, is [[TheVamp very practiced]] at deploying flirtation as a political strategem, and Tommen practically hits puberty right then and there.* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He calmly throws himself out the window of his room after watching the Great Sept of Baelor be consumed by wildfire thanks to his mother's machinations.]]* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: He might be a child king but he is still supposed to be the king. Yet no one consults him about his new decrees and he doesn't even have the power to let his mother attend [[spoiler: Myrcella's funeral]]. There is a difference between surrounding yourself with wise councilors and surrounding yourself with assholes, and Tommen has not learnt it.* DyingAlone: [[spoiler: Appears to be the case concerning Tommen's suicide. The "[[AllThereInTheManual Inside the Episode]]" segment even notes that if Cersei had been present to console him over becoming a widower, rather than [[PyrrhicVillainy doing other things like torturing Septa Unella]], he may not have taken his own life.]]* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Twofold. In jumping out the window of the Red Keep, he finally was able to make a single decision as his own person without anyone guiding his hand — not Tywin, not Cersei, not the High Sparrow. He also removed his crown before he jumped, so that he would die not as the King of the Andals and the First Men, but as Tommen Baratheon.]]* ExtremeDoormat: Having grown up sheltered all of his life, Tommen is incapable of making decisive decisions as a ruler. His mother undermines him at every turn and because he does not want to spill any blood, the Faith Militant runs roughshod over King's Landing.** [[spoiler:He's such a doormat, that the first decision he makes on his own in the series is [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]].]]* {{Foil}}: Tommen is this to Joffrey in everyway, for both [[GoodCounterpart good]] and [[GoodIsImpotent bad.]]** In "The Gift", he shouts "I am the king!" and entertains the idea of slaughtering the Faith Militant, resembling Joffrey. However Tommen is motivated by love, and recognises the impossibility of such a maneuveur, showing emotion and intelligence that Joffrey never did. Also when Joffrey called himself the king, it was to justify that he can do whatever he wants, Tommen calls himself the king because ''his loved ones are being tortured and humiliated by his own subjects''.** While Joffrey is incredibly impulsive in his cruelty, Tommen meanwhile allows his kindness to make himself [[ExtremeDoormat a doormat.]]** When Cersei tried to control Joffery, he made it clear that he wasn't above having his own mother beheaded if she doesn't respect him as King and know her place, terrifying Cersei to leave him alone. When Tommen stands up to Cersei to defend being with Margaery, she just smiles and runs a guilt trip on him that works, which shows Tommen didn't have the will to assert himself, a crucial personality trait for a strong King. * GenerationXerox: To his great-grandfather Tytos Lannister: weak, indecisive, a strong desire to be liked and easily exploited by the people around him.* GoneHorriblyWrong: Tywin's first lesson to Tommen about being king is wisdom, specifically the wisdom to know when someone else knows more than you do. This is a not-so-subtle attempt by Tywin to set himself up as the power behind the throne. However, Tywin dies not long after, so the indecisive Tommen is left with people who only want to manipulate him for their own gain, making him an even bigger PuppetKing than his brother. As a result of the machinations of the High Sparrow and his StupidEvil mother, King's Landing is well on its way to becoming a theocracy, with Tommen having been easily conned into enabling it because no one has taught him to stand up for himself.* TheGoodKing: Subverted. Tommen's ideas of the virtues a good monarch (Holiness, Justice, Strength, and Wisdom) speak volumes about the kind of ruler he might be. However, his lack of experience prevents him from being effective in any of these areas. Tywin wastes no time convincing Tommen that true wisdom is recognizing when others know things you do not, which allows pretty much anyone to manipulate them. When the Faith Militant rises up again and imprisons Loras, Tommen is too indecisive and fearful to really take action against them. Then Margaery gets taken away as well and Tommen doesn't do anything. Then he further allows the Faith Militant to basically take over the crown and constantly change the laws of the Kingdom. While Joffery was a terrible king because he subjected the kingdom to his cruel whims without concern for the consequences, Tommen is so indecisive that the kingdom is instead subject to the whims of everyone but he. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he throws himself out a window when Cersei finally moves against her enemies, that being quite literally the only power he possesses at that point.]]* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Exactly as it says on the tin.* HeroicBSOD: Following the arrests of Margaery and Cersei, Qyburn reports that Tommen has locked himself in his rooms and is refusing to eat.* HeroWithBadPublicity: Thanks to the actions of his brother and mother, he's forced to deal with hatred and insults despite having done nothing wrong personally.* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Ultimately kills himself after being in the DespairEventHorizon (see above) for so long.]]* KindHeartedCatLover: Has an adorable cat called "'Ser Pounce''" whom he clearly loves (especially given how Joffrey threatened to kill it to hurt Tommen).* LastOfHisKind: Due to the deaths of Robert, Renly, Joffrey, Shireen, Stannis and Myrcella he is the last Baratheon (though not biologically), [[spoiler: and with his suicide the Baratheon line has officially been snuffed out.]]* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: The last of his siblings to die, but the only one not caused by poisoning. He is also the only one who [[DyingAlone died alone]], while both his siblings had at least one of their parents [[DiedInYourArmsTonight cradling them in their final minutes]].]]* LickedByTheDog: Like his sister, he's the metaphorical Dog in relation to his uncle Tyrion.* MentorsNewHope: Tywin, disappointed in his children and his eldest grandson, notes that Tommen has the makings of a good king and takes him under his wing.* MoralityPet: To Cersei and Tywin.* NaiveNewcomer: He was never groomed to rule and his only capable mentor dies soon after Tommen gets the throne, which makes him an easier target for manipulation, as he has to learn almost everything by himself and the ones who could teach him are only interested in controlling him.* NiceGuy: He's a genuinely kind person who doesn't share Joffrey's sadistic streak whatsoever, and Tywin says that this temperament will make him a good king; at the very least, he can be counted on not to be StupidEvil. This is presented as a questionable virtue for the King of Westeros, given he lacks the inherent ruthlessness needed to rule and nobody has any interest in Tommen developing a backbone.* OddNameOut: The only one of his siblings who doesn't have the letters "R" and "Y" in his given name.* PetTheDog: He doesn't enjoy the notion of Robb being killed by his brother at all, saying as much in front of his mother and more importantly Sansa.* PoorCommunicationKills: Tywin taught him that a wise king listens to his advisers, however, Cersei and the small council made no effort to advise him on running the kingdom and refused to make him a part of their plans and affairs. So when Tommen attempted to confront the High Sparrow on his own, he found himself swayed by his charm and his platitudes and ended up allying the Crown with the Faith Militant. Now under the High Sparrow's guidance, Tommen makes new acts and decrees without consulting his mother or the small council.* PrecociousCrush: Develops one for Margaery Tyrell, exactly as she intended.* PrettyBoy: As played by Dean-Charles Chapman.* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Starting Season 5.* PuppetKing: Deconstructed. He lacks the knowledge to rule on his own, and the only parties who could teach him want to control him for their own reasons; as a result, he is very easily manipulated. The problem with this, as the Small Council finds out, is that ''anyone'' can manipulate him; while the Small Council insists on leaving him out of meetings while they make their plans, the High Sparrow swoops in and wins him over to the Faith Militant's cause, which ruins everything the Small Council had planned. Anyone can pick up a puppet's strings if they're left lying around, after all...* PutOnABus: We don't see Tommen in Season 3.* SpannerInTheWorks: Thanks to the High Sparrow's manipulations, Tommen ruins whatever plans Cersei and the Small Council had to curb the power of the Faith Militant.* SpareToTheThrone: After his brother's death at his own wedding, Tommen is next in the line of succession. His grandfather Tywin wastes no time in beginning his training. He's betrothed to Joffrey's widow afterwards.* TokenGoodTeammate: Along with his sister.* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Tommen was a good person born and raised around vipers. And it doesn't help that his own mother was one of the most dangerous ones. In the Season 6 Finale, after his mother Cersei had the High Sparrow and everyone associated with him killed, including his Queen, he realized he was a PuppetKing who doesn't have the respect of his subjects and is a pawn of his mother who doesn't take his commands seriously - he commits suicide.]]* TookALevelInBadass: Season 6 sees him gaining an urge to grow stronger, acknowledging that he should have executed the High Sparrow a long time ago. Subverted as his attempt to step up makes him someone else's pawn. [[RealityEnsues A kid raised to be a puppet has no chance in a place full of schemers no matter how much he wants to be strong.]]* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler:After seeing the Wildfire blast, he takes off his crown and leaves it in his room before committing suicide, possibly as a way to distance himself from the game of thrones that has cost him everything he held dear, and accepting that he was no true king]].* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Chapman had played the small role of Martyn Lannister in Season 3 before taking over the role, though it makes some in-universe logic that he strongly resembles Martyn, given that Martyn was Tommen's first cousin once removed. On [[BrotherSisterIncest both sides, of course.]]* TheUnfavorite: Cersei spoiled Joffrey and repeatedly stated that she missed Myrcella, bitter and angry that Tyrion sent her to Dorne. When the latter two died, she was heartbroken. Tommen on the other hand rarely gets much open affection from her mother, who repeatedly condescends to him and [[spoiler:while Cersei spared him from going to the Sept, she doesn't seem too miffed that Tommen committed suicide. This probably explains why Tommen was such a pushover, he was always looking for some form of open affection and attention]].* WeakWilled: As a young man in a highly dysfunctional family without a strong father figure, Tommen is easily manipulated by the High Sparrow into his puppet.[[/folder]]